Photo Portfolio

So we are officially past mid-terms now. Kind of bittersweet knowing that I will be done with the whole college thing in May.

Now that the semester is coming to an end, I need to start pushing my final photography portfolio. The concept for this photo series is something that I have been throwing around for about a year now, but never actually did anything with. The title of this series is "Phobic" in which I will portray the fears and phobias of my friends in self portraits within diptychs.

So far I have finished the first diptych and figured I would share.

Atelophobia: Fear of Imperfection

"Copy Cat Project"

In my Digital Photo II class we have been working on our "Copy Cat" projects where we choose a photographer and mimick their body of work and technique. I chose David Burdeny as my photographer.
David Burdeny

After battling mild frostbite down near the ocean over the past few weeks I got all of my shots and got to play with my new NDx400 9-stop Neutral Density filter, which I love. Here are my final, processed images...

First blog

Okay, so this is my first blog ever and I am still trying to figure out how to use the thing. Its been a long time since my "livejournal" days.

I am making this mainly for my Art Seminar class, but I think it will also be a good tool to share and save thoughts, ideas, questions, and so forth.

I'll start with a concept photo project that I did this past month involving colors and food. It is a very simple, obvious idea, but I enjoy working with color and wanted to branch out from what I usually do. Conceptual photography has always been an interest of mine, but never something I pursued or tried myself. So here is my stab at it...

http://emilystamp.zenfolio.com/p263764534
^^Go there for full series

-Nikon D50
-Nikon 50mm f/1.8
-Nikon SB600 Flash / SC-28 TTL Flash Cord
-Food coloring (took quite a few tries to get the RIGHT color)
-Home-made Softbox (Cardboard box, white paper, white tissue paper)